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ROBERT A. KELLY, OF XENIA, OHIO.

TWINE POLISHING AND FINISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,242, dated November 28, 1882.

Application filed March 28, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT A. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine Polishing and Finishing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-.

tion.

My invention relates to an improvement in twine polishing and finishing machines; and the novelty ofthe invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinations of the devices employed, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig.2, Sheet 2, is an enlarged longitudinal central sectional view of the front or feeding end of the machine in elevation. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a plan view of the portion of the machine represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 4, Sheet 3,is an enlarged longitudinal central sectional view of the middle portion of the machine in elevation. Fig. 5, Sheet 3, is a plan view of the part of the machine shown in Sheet 4. Fig. 6, Sheet 4, is an enlarged longitudinal central sectional view of the tail or finishing end of the machine in elevation. Fig. 7, Sheet 5, is a front elevation of the same. Figs. 8 and 9, Sheet 6, are detail views of the primary grinding and the drying and finishing rolls, respectively.

In any suitable framework, A, and at the front end thereof, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, arejournaled two emery-coated rollers, B and O, which may be either grooved, as shown in Fig. 3, or plain upon their peripheries, though I prefer that they should be grooved. The roller O is set slightly in the rear of and above the roller B, as shown, and slightly behind this roller is an inclined fender, 11, which in this instance is secured to the end of the size:

twelve twines entering the machine, side by side or in parallel rows, from as many bobbins, though by widening the machine an indefinite number might be entered. Leaving (No model.)

roller or bar, H, between spacing-pins I, properly set in the frame, under a second guide bar or roller, J, over the emery-roller B, under the emery-roller G, and overa grooved guide-roller, K, arranged upon the edge of the size-box, as shown. The relative arrangement of the rollers B and O and the guides J and K is such that the twines L are caused to hug the peripheries of theemery-rolls with more than a mere tangcntial contact, as clearly seen. The rollers B and O are driven, by means of pulleys M, N, and 0 upon their shafts, as seen in Fig. 3,and connecting-belts, in opposite directions, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2.; The purpose of these rollers is to cut or wear oif the many projecting and uneven fibers which more or less disfigure the twine after it has been laid and twisted; and to render the twines smooth and even; and grinding-rolls of any material might be thus used.

' The fender E is to prevent the dust and fibers cut from the twines from flying into the size-box also prevents the size from the other rollers being thrown around and injuring the emery-roller.

The size-box D is a comparatively shallow oblong box, open at the top, of any suitable construction, and set in the frame-work just in rear of the roller 0, as seen more particularly in Fig. 2. The rear portion of the bot tom of this box is slanting, as shown, for an object to be presently explained. In the front portion of this box, near its bottom, so as to be submerged by the size, is a grooved guideroller, P, under which the twines pass from the roller K. I Across the top of the box, halfway of its length, is a bar, R, provided with screws, pins, or retaining-points a, over which are held the looped ends of pieces of parallel ropes S, as many as there are twines, and running in the same direction. The other ends of these ropes pass over a rod, 1), and down through slots in a plate, T,'on the rear edge the, bobbins, the twines pass under a guide I of the box, and are held taut by pendent weights U, secured to their lower ends, as seen in Fig.

2. The twines are wrapped once or more.

around these ropes S, which form wipers to take off from the twines the excess of size, and by wrapping them around the ropes, as shown, all portions of the twine are evenly wiped. .The size is a glutinous liquid such as ordinarily IOC used for the purpose, and the box D is kept nearly filled with it. The twines passing down through it become coated and to some extent saturated, and to take off the excess the wipers are employed. As the size is thick or glutinous,it might not run freely back into the body of the box as it drops from the wipers. Hence I make that portion of the box under the wipers shallower and slanting, as seen in Fig. 2.

Passing now to Sheet 3, Figs. 4 and 5, the twines, after leaving the wipers, pass under a grooved guide-roller, A, and over the tops of two adjacent rollers, B and G, suitably journaled transversely across the frame, as shown, and havingdiagonally-groovedor screw-shaped peripheries. Upon the shaft of the roller B are two pulleys, D and E, and upon one end of the shaft of the roller is a pulley, F, and upon both extremities disks G, provided with crank-pins G Abelt, El, connects the pulleys D and M, and a belt, 1, connects the pulleys F, O, and N. The pulley E is the main driving-pulley, and from the arrangement of belts shown the motions of the various parts will be readily understood. It will be seen that the rollers G and B revolve, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 4, in opposite directions to the direction of travel of the twines, and their object is to polish or smooth the surfaces of the twines as they pass over them. From these rollers the twines pass undera grooved guide roller or bar, J, and up over a guide-bar, c. The relative heights ot'the guides A and J and the rollers O B is such that the twines are made to hugclosely to the surfaces of the rollers with more than a tangential contact. Just behind the roller J, upon the sides of the frame. are horizontal guides K, efanysuitable construction, into which are fitted the crossheads L, which are given a rapid horizontal reciprocating motion in the direction in which the twines extend. This motion is imparted to the cross-heads by pitmen h secured to wristpins G of the disks G. These cross-heads are united by three transverse parallel bars, d, c, and f, arranged some little distance apart, the two, (1 andf, beingin the same horizontal plane, and the middle one, 0, being slightly raised above this plane, as clearly seen in Fig. 4, to cause the passing twines to be deflected out of line and to more closely bear against the surface of the polishing-pads g. Upon the upper faces of the bars (1 and fare secured polishing-pads g, of any textile material, or of buckskin, and guidepins h are so set as to properly guide the twines. The under side of the bar 6 is likewise provided with pads and pins. The twines leaving the guide-roller J and bar 0 pass between the pins h, over the pads of the bars d and f, and under the pads of the bar c, as seen in Fig. 4. It will be readily understood that the rapid reciprocation of the bars 61, e, andf will further polish the twine and take off the remaining superfluous size, and the whole forms a reciprocating polisher, which, as the twines are drawn through the machi ne,smooths them and gives them a high degree of finish.

As more or less of the size will be removed from the twines by the rollers B and O and the reciprocating polisher, I have placed inclined troughs 0 under these parts, which empty into any box or receptacle P, and thus prevent the waste of the size and save the floor from being soiled with its accumulations. Turning, n0w,-to Sheets 4, 5, and 6, the drying and finishing mechanism will be explained. Here the frame-work is of an upright form and much wider than the frame-Work containing the polishing and sizing mechanism. The relative locations and sizes of the two frames will be seen in Fig. 7, Sheet 5, where the dis-- tance between rand 3 represents the width of the frame shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the distance between 2 and y the width of the frame shown in Figs. 6 and 7. In this latter frame Sheets 5 and 6, Figs. 6 and 7, are suitably journaled four parallel transverse horizontal rollersone at the top, A', one near the bottom, B and two, G and D side by side, about half-way between the upper and lower rolls. The upper and lower rolls are hollow metal rolls having steam-pipes E and steam-connections entering at their journals at one end, as seen in Fig. 7, so that these rolls are kept heated to aproper degree. Their peripheries may .be smooth, as seen in Fig. 7, though I prefer to have them grooved, as seen in Fig. 9, to receive the twines and conform to their rounded shape, so as to prevent their being flattened. The rolls 0 and D are simply covered polishingrolls to assist in giving a final finish to the twines.

In suitable supporting-journals upon the left of the dryer-frame is the main drivingpinion F which communicates motion to the entire machine. This pinion meshes with a smaller pinion, G upon ashaft, H extending entirely across the frame and suitably journaled. Upon the shaft of the pinion F is a smaller pinion, 1 which meshes with a larger pinion, J upon the shaft of the roller B Upon the salneshaft of the roller B is a pulley, K connected by a belt, L with a pulley, M upon the shaft of the upper roller, A

Upon one end of the shaft H is a pulley, N connected by a belt, 0 to a pulley, P upon the shaft of the roller D Fig. 6, and upon the other end of the shalt H is a pulley, R connected by a crossed belt, S, to a pulley, T upon the shaft of the roller 0 Figs. 1 and 7. Upon this same shaft,- H is a pulley, U connected by a belt, V with the niain pulley E, Figs. 1 and 5,'of the polishing-frame. The various pulleys and rollers revolve in the directions indicated by the arrows.

Now, to return to the course of the twines, after leaving the reciprocating polisher they pass over a grooved guide-roller, W and down under the drying-roller B thence diagonally up against the side vof the roller 0 against which they are made to bind by a pressure bar, A", Figs. 6 and 7. From this roller they pass up between guide-pins b projecting from IJO a transverse beam, B over the upper dryingroller, A down against. and past the polishin g-roller D between guide-pins d projecting the machine finished and are conveyed to the balling-machines to be wound up into merchantable balls. Figsl and 6, at .90, thus represent the twines leaving the machine.

It is desirable that the twines be brought quite close together in their passage around the drying-rollers, and this is accomplished bythe spacing of the pins 12 and d and by the employment of grouping-staples 0 Fig. 7, one of each of which embraces the requisite numher of pins to guide the group of twines. It is also accomplished by making the grooves in the drying-rolls much closer together than the entering-grooves, as seen in Fig. 9, Sheet 6, where f represents the spacing of the grooves into which the twines first enter from the polishin -frame, and g the spacing afterward.

In Fig. 8, Sheet 6, I have shown a method of grooving the emery-rollers to accommodate three separate sizes of twines. It will be observed thattherollercontains thirty-six grooves in groups of three separate sizes for instance, in each group there is a medinmsized groove, a a large-sized groove, b and a small-sized groove, 0 Of course only one groove of each group is used at a time, thus enabling the same rollers, to be used with twines of different sizes. If desired, however, separate interchangeable rollers with different-sized grooves might be used instead.

I do not propose to limit myselfto theexact I construction of the various parts and their modes of attachment, as they might be varied considerably withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention; but

What I claim is l. Ina twine polishing and finishing machine, the combination, with mechanism for" drawing the twines through the machine, of circumferential-1y grooved grinding-rolls arranged on opposite sides of the twine, and means for rotating said rolls in adirection opposite to that in which the twines travel, whereby the fibers are removed evenly from the entire surface of the twines, substantially as described. y

2. In a twine polishing and finishing machine, the combination, with mechanism for drawing the twines through the machine, of grinding-rolls arranged above and below the twines and operating to remove the projecting fibers therefrom, a size-receptacle adjacent to said. grindin'g'rolls, through which receptacle the twines are caused to pass, and a fenderinterposed between the grinding-rolls and the size-receptacle for the purpose of arresting the dust and fibers removed from the twines and preventing them from entering the size-receptacle, substantially as described.

3. In a twine polishing and finishing machine, the combination, with mechanism for drawingthetwinesthroughthesame,ofthesizereceptacle through which the twines are conducted, and a series of wipers consisting of ropes around which the twines pass spirally, a cross-bar to which said ropes are attached, and weights suspended to the free ends of the ropes to keep them under tension, substantially as described.

4. In a twine polishing and finishing machine, the combination, with mechanism for drawing the twines through the machine, of a size-receptacle through which the twines are caused to pass, wipers to which the twines are conducted as they emerge from the size-receptacle, a polisher and mechanism for reciprocating the same, one or more rolls interposed between the wipers and the polisher, said rolls having diagonally-grooved or screw-shaped peripheries against which the twines are held in their passage, and mechanism for revolving said rolls in a direction opposite to that in which the twines travel, substantially as described.

5. In a twine polishing and finishing machine, the combination, with mechanism for drawing the twines through the machine, of a size-receptacle through which the twines are passed,wipersforremovingthesnperfluoussize, means for polishing the twines after they leave the wipers, and one or more heated dryingrolls having circumferential grooves to receive the twines, and mechanism for revolving said heated grooved rolls, substantially as described.

ROBERT A. KELLY. Witnesses:

DANL. KELLY, GUs. A. MEYER. 

